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These often thought-provoking stories look at the reactions ordinary people have to the unusual situations they find themselves in and feature a host of different illustrative styles ranging from collage to painterly Edward Hopper-esque scenes.

Dave Lizewski is just an ordinary American teenager. He has a MySpace page, he loves comic books, and he is unable to find a girlfriend. Then an idea hits him: why not become a real life super hero?

This unusual story of star-crossed teenage love is told visually, through a series of photographs, collages and scrapbook pages

Master of deduction, Sherlock Holmes and his acolyte Dr Watson get drawn to the Devon moors to investigate ghoulish happenings and macabre goings-on around Baskerville Manor...

The perfect story to share with young people to explore themes of immigration, alienation and communication

A compelling story, full of mystery and suspense, ideal for reluctant readers.

In this dark gothic fantasy, Salem must meet his guardian familiar, get help from some new friends and defeat mysterious dark forces.

This is a captivating retelling of the Robin Hood story with punchy dialogue and suitably dark and atmospheric images.

Slog's dad is in heaven, but Slog is sure he'll see him again some day. David Almond and Dave McKean tell a sensitive story of grief and loss in this powerful graphic novel.

A pilot marooned in the desert is visited by a little prince, and they become friends. This is a lovely book for children and adults alike to keep and revisit time and time again.

This is the complete story of Vladek Spiegelman and his wife, living and surviving in Hitler's Europe.

There are murder mysteries and there are murder mysteries, but this is a noir where nothing is black and white

Scott Pilgrim's life is totally sweet. He's 23 years old, he's in a rock band, he's 'between jobs', and he's dating a cute high school girl. Nothing could possibly go wrong...

Set in modern Tokyo, with the Capulets and Montagues recast as organised-crime rivals, this racy retelling gets to the heart of the love story and the foolish rivalry that dooms it.

Ilya's illustrations match the intensity of the play to bring this tragic classic vividly to life